“Would the U.S. respond?” ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked repeatedly as the president walked away after the end of an unrelated event. He paused, thought for a moment and then returned to the lectern.

“We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” he said.

According to one U.S. defense official, the assets being moved to the region include both “ships and aircraft.”

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      Linkerbaan said Iran didn’t attack Israel. I was just pointing out that Iran actually has a history of attacking Israel, and that Linkerbaan is factually incorrect.

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        A pretty arbitrary line to draw around ‘factually incorrect.’

        You could’ve gone on about Lebanon and Hezbollah too and easily gone back to 2006 without a hiccup, too.

        But in this discussion it’s pretty obvious the scope is well within the current events of the embassy being struck this month.